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GOLD SPONSOR OFFICIAL AIRLINE PARTNER SILVER SPONSORS SUPPORTING PARTNERS MEDIA PARTNERS CULTURAL PARTNERS 3 Find CONTENTS SPONSORS 3 CLASSIC CLUES: SOLVING A BRITISH OPENING NIGHT MYSTERY Breathe 6-7 Blow-Up 32 NEW WAYS CLOSING NIGHT Victim 33 to navigate through history Finding Your Feet 8-9 AGATHA CHRISTIE: CLASSIC MYSTERIES SPECIAL EVENT FROM THE QUEEN Manolo: The Boy OF CRIME Who Made Shoes Death on The Nile 35 for Lizards 10-11 Evil Under the Sun 36 OFFICIAL SELECTION Murder on The Orient 6 Days 13 Express 37 Another Mother’s Son 14 The Mirror Crack’d 38 England Is Mine 15 SESSIONS AND Eric Clapton: TICKETING Life in Twelve Bars 16 MELBOURNE Film Stars Don’t Die Session times 39 in Liverpool 17 Ticketing & booking 45 Goodbye Christopher SYDNEY Robin 18 Session times 42 Ticketing & booking 45 How to Talk to Girls at Parties 19 CANBERRA Session times 44 Jawbone 20 Ticketing & booking 45 Mary Shelley 21 BRISBANE Session times 46 On Chesil Beach 22 Ticketing & booking 49 Swallows and Amazons 23 ADELAIDE That Good Night 25 Session times 50 Ticketing & booking 51 The Bookshop 26 PERTH The Death of Stalin 27 Session times 52 The Exception 28 Ticketing & booking 54 The Journey 29 Tulip Fever 30 DON’T JUST VISIT, LIVE IT. Go beyond the screen and travel deeper through the UK and MEL SYD BRI CAN ADE PER Europe. From quiet country streets to dramatic landscapes 26 Oct – 24 Oct – 25 Oct – 25 Oct – 25 Oct – 26 Oct – and ancient castles, there’s so much yet to explore. 15 Nov 15 Nov 15 Nov 15 Nov 15 Nov 15 Nov 5 *For more information visit emirates.com/au, call 1300 303 777, or contact your local travel agent. OPENING NIGHT BREATHE Join us for the premiere of Breathe, an inspiring true story starring Andrew Garfield Hacksaw( Ridge) and Claire Foy (The Crown). Pre-film reception includes drinks, British fare and live music. TICKETS: Palace Movie Club Members $35 General Admission $40 AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE SYDNEY ADELAIDE BREATHE Palace Norton Street Palace Nova Eastend Tuesday 24 Oct Wednesday 25 Oct ndy Serkis’ feature directorial DIRECTOR: 6.45pm Reception 6.15pm Reception debut tells the inspiring true Andy Serkis 7.30pm Film screening 7.00pm Film screening Astory of Robin Cavendish (Andrew CAST: Garfield,Hacksaw Ridge) and his wife Andrew Garfield CANBERRA MELBOURNE Diana (Claire Foy, The Crown) – a Claire Foy Palace Electric Palace Cinema Como couple who refused to give up in the Tom Hollander Wednesday 25 Oct Thursday 26 Oct Hugh Bonneville face of a devastating illness – and their Diana Rigg 6.45pm Reception 6.45pm Reception love story that championed living every Ed Speleers 7.30pm Film screening 7.30pm Film screening breath as though it was their last. Dean-Charles Chapman Charismatic, adventurous and brilliant, 2017 | 117 MIN BRISBANE PERTH Palace Centro Cinema Paradiso Robin (Garfield) has his whole life BIOGRAPHY / DRAMA ahead of him when he is paralysed Wednesday 25 Oct Thursday 26 Oct by polio at the age of 28 and given 6.45pm Reception 6.15pm Reception just months to live. Against all advice, 7.30pm Film screening 7.00pm Film screening Robin’s wife Diana (Foy) brings him “A stirring true home from the hospital where her story.” devotion and witty determination THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER inspire him to lead a long and fulfilled life. Together, they refuse to be limited by expectations, dazzling others with their humour, courage and lust for life. From a screenplay by two-time Oscar nominee William Nicholson (Gladiator, Shadowlands) – and produced in partnership with Robin and Diana’s son John Cavendish – Breathe is not only a beautiful love story, it is also a film about two truly indomitable spirits who defied the odds to pave the way for change. OFFICIAL SELECTION: Toronto International Film Festival 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Opening Night, BFI London Film Festival 2017 6 7 CLOSING NIGHT FINDING YOUR FEET Get ready to dance your troubles away at the World Premiere of the charming, feel-good Finding Your Feet, starring Imelda Staunton (Pride) and Celia Imrie (Bridget Jones’s Baby). Pre- film reception includes drinks and live entertainment. TICKETS: Palace Movie Club $30 Adult $35 WORLD PREMIERE SYDNEY BRISBANE FINDING YOUR FEET Palace Verona Palace Barracks Wednesday 15 Nov Wednesday 15 Nov illed with grand, old British DIRECTOR: 6.15pm Reception 6.00pm Reception charm is this feel-good film Richard Loncraine 7.00pm Film screening 6.45pm Film screening Fabout discovering it’s never too late CAST: to start again. Imelda Staunton MELBOURNE ADELAIDE Celia Imrie When 'Lady' Sandra Abbott (Imelda Palace Balwyn Palace Nova Eastend Timothy Spall Wednesday 15 Nov Cinemas Staunton, Pride) finds out her husband Joanna Lumley of 40 years (John Sessions, Florence David Hayman 6.00pm Reception Wednesday 15 Nov Foster Jenkins) is having an affair with John Sessions 6.45pm Film screening 6.15pm Reception 7.00pm Film screening her best-friend, she struggles to deal 2017 | 111 MIN with ‘the shame of her predicament’ CANBERRA COMEDY and seeks refuge with her estranged, Palace Electric Cinema PERTH older sister, Bif (Celia Imrie, Bridget Wednesday 15 Nov Cinema Paradiso Jones’s Baby), who lives on an inner- 6.15pm Reception Wednesday 15 Nov city council estate. 7.00pm Film screening 6.15pm Reception 7.00pm Film screening The two could not be more different. Sandra is middleclass, snobbish and judgemental, and a fish out of water next to her outspoken, serial-dating, free-spirited sibling. But different is just what Sandra needs, and she reluctantly lets Bif drag her along to her community dance class. In this heart-warming romantic comedy, the colourful group of defiant and energetic third-agers show Sandra that retirement is, in fact, only the beginning. Divorce might give her a whole new lease of life… and love. Co-starring Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner, The Journey BFF17) and Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous). 8 9 SPECIAL EVENT MANOLO: THE BOY WHO MADE SHOES FOR LIZARDS Gather your fashion-forward friends for a glamorous night out with a Bulldog Gin & Tonic and SOFI Spritz on arrival and the premiere of this must-see documentary and insightful portrait on the legendary designer Manolo Blahnik. TICKETS: Palace Movie Club $26 Adult $30 AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE SYDNEY CANBERRA MANOLO: THE BOY WHO Palace Norton Street Palace Electric Cinema Friday 27 Oct Friday 27 Oct MADE SHOES FOR LIZARDS 6.30pm Drinks on arrival 6.45pm Drinks on arrival 7.00pm Film screening 7.15pm Film screening tep into the storied world of DIRECTOR: Manolo Blahnik with this must- Michael Roberts MELBOURNE ADELAIDE Ssee documentary. Manolo is an in-depth CAST: Palace Cinema Como Palace Nova Eastend portrait of the legendary designer Manolo Blahnik Friday 27 Oct Cinemas whose dedication to his craft has made Anna Wintour 6.30pm Drinks on arrival Friday 27 Oct him the world’s most famous luxury Rihanna, Iman Isaac Mizrahi 7.00pm Film screening 6.30pm Drinks on arrival shoemaker, featuring interviews with Naomi Campbell 7.00pm Film screening icons from the worlds of fashion and Karlie Kloss BRISBANE entertainment such as Anna Wintour, André Leon Talley Palace Barracks PERTH Rihanna, Karlie Kloss and André Leon 2017 | 90 MIN Friday 27 Oct Windsor Cinema Talleyamong others. DOCUMENTARY / 6.30pm Drinks on arrival Friday 27 Oct Synonymous with whimsical yet BIOGRAPHY 7.00pm Film screening 6.00pm Drinks on arrival elegant heels and Sex and the City’s 6.30pm Film screening Carrie Bradshaw, less is known about the humble and camera-shy man “I can’t remember behind the iconic brand of Manolo. the last time I wore Sophisticated, unpredictable and anybody else’s shoes, with an insatiable drive to be creative, I mean I just don’t Manolo Blahnik – the man – is a funny, even look at them.” charming and immensely watchable ANNA WINTOUR, documentary subject. This film strikes a VOGUE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF perfect balance of humorous moments and in-depth information about his development as a designer. British fashion journalist and director Michael Roberts presents this never- before-seen peek into Blahnik's world – from outgoing child and establishing his first boutique in London, to today as the 74-year-old who retains full control of the business, creating every shoe, even hand-carving the wooden forms himself. 10 11 AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE 6 DAYS Days is a taut British thriller from DIRECTOR: New Zealand filmmaker Toa Fraser, Toa Fraser 6rounding out his status as a serious CAST: action director. Jamie Bell Mark Strong THE MINI COUNTRYMAN. It tells the gripping true story of what Abbie Cornish happened when gunmen invaded the Martin Shaw ADD STORIES. Iranian embassy in London in 1980. Tim Pigott-Smith With 26 people taken hostage, police, Ben Turner politicians and military wrestled for six 2017 | 94 MIN nailbiting days over the best way to ACTION / DRAMA neutralise the threat. Police superintendent Max Vernon MINI3573_105x100_MINI BFF_Half Page DL_FA.indd 1 25/09/2017 4:21(Mark PM Strong, Sherlock Holmes) is thrust into the position of negotiator, while Rusty Firmin (Jamie Bell, Billy Elliot) and “It's nuanced and a troop of SAS operatives prepare to thoughtful, alert handle the situation by more aggressive to the individual means. As pressure to resolve the issue suffering behind the mounts, the film climaxes with a white- headlines, cognizant knuckle recreation of one of the most of the bigger audacious special-forces raids in history. picture.” Caught up in the action is BBC reporter EYE FOR FILM Kate Adie (Abbie Cornish, Somersault), the journalist whose arresting live coverage of the event broke new ground for television reporting.